Chelsea ready for another decade of domination

Chelsea lifting trophies has become a regular sight in the Abramovich era

Chief executive Ron Gourlay has predicted the Blues will become even more of a powerhouse after already spending more than £2billion in 10 years to bring 11 trophies to the club.

With Jose Mourinho's return to the Blues as boss and a new £300m adidas sponsorship deal, Chelsea believe they can dominate for years to come.

Gourlay said: "The enjoyment for me is seeing just how big this club is and how far it has come. It is just the tip of iceberg.

"We are in a very strong position but, as with anything, we mustn't allow complacency to come in. The bar continues to be raised.

"We have been extremely successful on the trophy front over the last 10 years and we have the same objectives as we planned in the past. We have to keep moving forward.

"Everybody at the club has the same objective, we all want to be winners. We have to push forward so that, come April and May every season, we are in there fighting on all fronts for success."

With the implications of Financial Fair Play coming into force and a stadium capacity of just over 41,000 Chelsea could have trouble competing domestically with Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal all benefiting from bigger match-day revenues.

But Gourlay pointed to the latest figures showing that the Londoners were the fifth biggest club in the world.

He said: "The club continues to grow year on year.

"The latest Deloitte figures have us in fifth position, behind Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich. That is on revenues generated, which is a fantastic position for the club.

“We are in a very strong position but, as with anything, we mustn't allow complacency to come in”

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay

"The clubs above us have advantages over us, in particular the size of their grounds, and for Chelsea to be the fifth biggest in revenue terms and be outside the top 30 in Europe as far as stadium size is concerned is credit to the staff here."

Chelsea, meanwhile, are willing to pay £13m to sign Portugal whizkid Bruma, who has been dubbed the next Cristiano Ronaldo.

They have been tracking the 18-yearold Sporting Lisbon winger and have had a bid of around £4m rejected.

Since then Bruma has starred at the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey, scoring five goals in three matches.

Now the Blues are ready to treble their bid, as part of Mourinho's brief is to plan for the future.

Chelsea are also after West Brom midfielder Issy Brown, 16, and will give hitman Romelu Lukaku more games.

The Blues are also keen on Napoli hotshot Edinson Cavani but PSG last night made the first move by making a £43m bid for the 26-year-old.